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advocacy for homebirth: a video
Thanks to the Kentucky Midwifery Taskforce for putting together this video to promote homebirth and midwifery. KMT was formed to pursue legislation to license Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) so...
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for trial of labor’s blog tag: your homebirth questions answered
Dear Trial of Labor blogger: I’d love to answer your homebirth questions! Have you considered homebirth as an option for labor and delivery with a previous/upcoming birth? Yes, I have had 2 homebirths...
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these women show their doctors CPD was a farce: a video
Many cesareans are done because the doctor diagnoses CPD which stands for cephalopelvic disproportion. This means that the pelvis is too small to birth the baby or the baby’s head is too big for the...
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the joy of natural childbirth: a birth in pictures
With permission from the couple, I am pleased to share with you a birth in pictures. I include these on my website so that you can see the joy of natural childbirth. I have decided not to caption the...
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looking for birth stories to be included on my website
I am looking for more birth stories for my website. Since I have only birthed five children, I am limited in the number I have to offer, so I’m asking for yours. I will be choosy in the birth stories...
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on homebirth: Ron Paul in favor of families having the option to choose
Here’s what Ron Paul said at a political rally in Greenville, North Carolina when asked about licensing midwives: But if you can allow it with licensing, that’s slightly better, [than prohibition] the...
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an unplanned homebirth
This is the birth story of Sarah’s second birth. With her first birth, she was sent to the hospital from her doctor’s office after they checked her and was found to be 6 centimeters. Overwhelming...
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a nice homebirth of a third baby
After having an “accidental” homebirth for her second baby, Sarah and her husband decided to plan a homebirth for their third baby. This is Sarah’s birth story: I’ve heard many times that third babies...
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birthing with polyhydrominos: a birth story
This birth story is from Deb, a certified Bradley® teacher and doula. I’ll do my best to recount our birth day without making it sound too bad. I wrote this a week after our birth, and even then, I...
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Bradley childbirth class in Lexington, KY
For classes with a certified Bradley Method® instructor in Lexington, KY, please contact Deborah Tighe at (859)227-2700 or domesticengineer@insightbb.com <A...
View Articleborn in our living room: homebirth of 4th baby
This is the birth story of my fourth baby and first homebirth. Mary Suzannah was born Thursday, November 18th at 3:04 a.m. in our living room. She weighed 9 pounds and was 21 inches long. On Wednesday,...
View Article12 days overdue, but who’s counting? the diary of my pregnancy and homebirth...
So do you want the short version or the long one? The story of my actual labor and birth is quick and to the point. Light contractions started at 5:30 p.m. Active labor kicked in about 8:30. The baby...
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